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Skokomish River Near Potlatch (SKOKDATA_WQX-USGS 12061500) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: STORET (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This river/stream site, maintained by the Skokomish Tribe (identifier SKOKDATA_WQX), has the name "Skokomish River Near Potlatch" and has the identifier SKOKDATA_WQX-USGS 12061500. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)17110017.

This site is located in Mason County County, Washington at 47.3098305600 degrees latitude and -123.1773027780 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. No horizontal location accuracy metadata is available. This site is at an elevation of 22 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "SKOKDATA_WQX-USGS 12061500" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1960 - 1973
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1960 - 1973
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1960 - 1969
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 1960 - 1968
Microbiological 1960 - 1980
Nutrient 1960 - 1980
Physical 1960 - 1980
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier SKOKDATA_WQX
OrganizationFormalName Skokomish Tribe
MonitoringLocationIdentifier SKOKDATA_WQX-USGS 12061500
MonitoringLocationName Skokomish River Near Potlatch
MonitoringLocationTypeName River/Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 17110017
LatitudeMeasure 47.3098305600
LongitudeMeasure -123.1773027780
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 22
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Other
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 53
CountyCode 045
ProviderName STORET